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What is the best freeware shell replacement?

By scarebear
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My favorite is PureLS<BR>http://www.purels.net/&lt;BR&gt;But not for the newbie<BR><BR>Litestep - accept no substitutes....<BR>:)<BR>There&acute;s a great new distro that&acute;s pretty handy for beginners called LitestepGL.<BR>http://www.graphic-language.net/&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But don&acute;t burn any bridges until you grab a good shell switcher.<BR>That way you can switch back and forth between Exploder and LS.<BR>My favorite is Shellon:<BR>http://www.dx13.co.uk/dx/shellon.htm&lt;BR&gt;
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You the man! Thanks heaps :)
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I am now running LS :) NEAT!
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Oh, don&acute;t get me wrong - I like Talisman. Enough so that I bought it - and I&acute;m using the T2 b4 beta as we speak. Seems to be running great...<BR>:)<BR>But when you figure that Litestep has over 200 plugin modules at it&acute;s disposal, that&acute;s really hard to beat. For instance, I&acute;m not using the default desktop module, or the default popup mod either, because I found other replacement mods that worked better on my particular system. And instead of the usual Winamp plugin (&acute;Geekamp&acute;) I&acute;m using a module that controls Coolplayer, instead. Since I don&acute;t really need the wharf module, I don&acute;t use it, and there by free up that much more resources.<BR><BR>But back to Talisman.<BR>It has some knock down beautiful themes out there!<BR>(Bob Starck-Higgins is a Talisman god!)<BR>:)<BR>And Howie, you are right - you can keep running it.<BR>But Arkadiy, the author has put countless hours into developing it, (and many more in tech support), and he deserves to be paid for his work if you decide to use it beyond the trial period. I think that the price is more than fair...
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Oh, I didn&acute;t know that! :)
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true talisman isnt free and lacks some features unregistered. but you can use it past the 30 trial.. kinda like paint shop pro
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Here is what I think may be the most comprehensive list of shells I&acute;ve ever seen. It should tell you which ones are in active development or dead, and whether they&acute;re shareware or freeware.<BR><BR>http://list.shellfront.org/list.htm
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Talisman = $25 USD
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talisman is free though?
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ls is still to unstable for me. was running it last night and guess what happened, was just chatting on irc and bam crash. so back to talisman as my shell of choice. talisman 2 has come from far and few into the new shell it is now. its more like ls which i like but still has the easy and use of talisman which makes it a great shell for anyone
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No problem - need any help, give a yell.<BR><BR>And speaking of free, I can&acute;t help but mention that even though I own licences to almost every skinnable app on the planet, the freebies have become my apps of choice. (LS, eFX, and the rest)<BR>On the other hand my system runs faster, uses less resources, is more stable, and still manages to get the &acute;oohs and aahs&acute; from friends and co-workers.<BR>Go figure...<BR>:)
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Oh, and just in case, here&acute;s a couple of links to get you started:<BR><BR>The Litestep FAQ:<BR>http://www.wam.umd.edu/~razambon/LSFAQ/&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Docs for the newest Build:<BR>http://docs.litestep.com/&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;quot;What I Wished I&acute;d Known About LiteStep&quot;:<BR>http://wiwikals.litestep.com/&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;quot;If you see a Stepper, chances are he&acute;s wearing a T-shirt that says &acute;RTFM&acute;...&quot;<BR>:)<BR>
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Has anyone tried the Zero shell yet?? I know it is free. <BR><BR>I&acute;m just to bloody lasy to D/L it and try it out! ;)
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I spoke to someone that tested it and said it was very fast and not a single blue screen or error. I&acute;ll try it soon :)
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So, SB: when are we gonna see your first LS theme? :)
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LOL. I have to figure it all out :) One day, you&acute;ll know as I&acute;ll email you...<BR><BR>&quot;Help!!!!&quot; :)
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Cool!<BR>When I finish my newest, I may ask you to test it before release.<BR>Then we&acute;ll know if it&acute;s &quot;newbie proof&quot;...<BR>:)
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LiteSTEP...with copious amounts of RTFM...;)
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Good Grief! Jafo digs up a relic... <BR>:)
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I won&acute;t reply to thread where Litestep is mentioned.. I won&acute;t reply to thread where Litestep is mentioned.. I won&acute;t reply to thread where Litestep is mentioned.. <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>aw dang... <BR>:snow
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Jafo checks the date........... <BR>.............. <BR>.......... <BR>Bloody daylight saving....screws up the clocks....;p
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S&acute; OK, Jafo. <BR>When V2 went into effect, all the time stamps on the message board were reset. <BR>Scarebear is now an old hand at LS... <BR>{:p
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